Initially pulling from CVS into a repo puts HEAVY load on the Eclipse CVS server ... better clone an existing git repo if available (Can be used as a a form of a torrent, it is possible to pull from someone else I know, and sync with eclipse servers, they're all the same repositories after all)

Using the EGit integration

Contributing to EGit

If you want to get involved with EGit, please see our Google Code project site:

Known open issues are listed here, along with the clone URL for the Git
repository containing the project's code. Loading it into Eclipse is as simple
as importing the existing projects from the checked-out repository. Please see
SUBMITTING_PATCHES in the top level directory for information on how to send
contributions in.